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The Berkeley Primary School
Everyone a Speller!
27.9.13
A third of young people who have not read a book in the past month, say that they have never been given a book as a present.The National Literacy Trust
Only one child in four has a book at home.
Functional Illiteracy in the U.K
• 22% of the U.K. is estimated to be functionally illiterate
• Illiteracy is costing the U.K. economy £81 billion per year
This is the highest in Europe
Government Priorities
• Read by Six
• Year One “Phonics Check”
• SPaG 2013
What we can do at home.
• Model spelling choices. Be seen writing.• Encourage proof reading.• Play a game with phoneme spotter
stories. to help reinforce spelling choices.
Spelling. New National Curriculum
• Planned over the year• Can be delivered in any order• Underlined patterns are key• Choose partly secure for the end
of terms
Best Guess /ai/• a-e. Overall best guess• ay. At the ends of words• ai. Usually in the middle of words
Rare graphemes:eight, grey, vein, apron, straight,great
Best Guess /ee/
• ea/ee. Middle of a word• y. End of word• e. End of a very short wordOther graghemes:Donkey, chief, receipt, people, these
Best Guess/oo/
• Overall”u-e”• In the middle “oo”• Usually at ends “ue” and “ew”
Rare GraphemesUniform, doo, view, you, lose, shoes
Best Guess/ igh/
Most common is “i-e”.
Next is in the middle “igh” eg. Nighight
Or at the end of a word “igh”. sigh
Best Guess/ow/At the end of a word or followed by “n”. Eg. cow, clownMost other words are spelt with “ou” eg. mouthLess commonPlough
Best Guess /oy/
Usually at the beginning or in the middle of a word. “oi”ointment, coin
“oy” usually at the end of wordseg. toy, destroy
Best Guess /oa/
• Best bet is o-e• Another good guess is “oa”in the
middle of words. eg.boat• Usually at the end of words we
have “ow” eg. bow• Rare graphemes.Sew, hoe, though, soul
Best Guess/air/“air” or “are” are at the start of a word. Eg. airport, area.
Rare graphemeTheir, aeroplane, vary
Best Guess /air/or /are/air/ at the beginning of a word.
Rare graphemestheir, aeroplane, vary
Best Guess /er/There is no best bet for this phoneme
Water,over,the,garden, suddenly, after
Best Guess “ur”There is no best bet for this phoneme
Just need to know…..her, were, first, work, birds, word, fur, earth, turn, skirt
“s” and “es”• pen• church• bush • toy• hair• hiss• girl• buzz
• GIRL• HISS• BOY
“s” and“ies”• ray• party• penny• baby• spray• envy• jelly• key
“ing”• Hop• Hope• Sit• Clean• Drive• Enjoy• Slip• Smile
Antonym means opposite. These mean opposite
• “un” means “not”• “de” means “making the opposite
of”• “dis” means “not, the opposite of”• “mis” means “wrong”or “false”• “non” means “not”• “anti” means “against”
Short words within longer words
• Grandfather• Another• Something• Whatever• Pretending• Constable
Spelling two syllable words containing double consonants
• Tennis• Dinner• Comma• Kissed• Holly• Silly• summer
Double the letter after a short vowel in the word.
Activity – create a double letter alphabetN.B. No words use hh, jj, kk, qq, vv, ww, xx, yy.
Compound Words
Join two individual words to make a new wordShout “ yes” when finished!
Prefixes and Meanings• aqua ……………….• audi ……………….• dent ……….……..• grat ……………...• mem ………………• mot ……………….• man ……………….
Prefixes and Meanings• aqua – means water• audi – means hear• dent – means tooth• grat – means please• mem – means mindful• mot – means move• man – means hand
Prefix and wordsTask .Write 3 words on your white boards for:•aqua•audi•dent•grat•mem•mot•man
Contractions• don’t• can’t• isn’t• shan’t• aren’t• should’ve• I’ve• Won’t
Give a different spelling!• Cell• Maid• Beach• Him• Aloud• Leak• Bored• know
Activity:On your whiteboards, write 3 alternative spellings and be prepared to show!